Electrification

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Electric vehicle manufacturers are deploying Industry 4.0 technology to improve visibility into production processes and enable assemblers to make better, faster decisions.

LONDON—A recent study by GlobalData predicts that wire harness demand will grow over the next decade.

AMSTERDAM—Stellantis has agreed to partner with EV start-up Ample Inc. to integrate Ample’s modular battery swapping technology into Stellantis’ electric vehicles.

Applicators, crimping machines and other types of high-voltage cable and wire processing equipment play key roles in electric vehicle production.

SEOUL—Hyundai's new innovation center in Singapore will serve as a “smart urban mobility hub.”

MUNICH—Lilium N.V. has started to assemble its much-anticipated electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at its factory in Wessling, Germany.

STOCKHOLM—Hexagn AB and JSOL Corp. have formed a strategic partnership to to accelerate EV power train design with virtual prototyping and multi-physics simulation.

JUILLAN, France—A hybrid-electric aircraft developed by Airbus, Daher and Safran has made an inaugural test flight here.

SEOUL—Engineers at Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have developed a paradigm-shifting drive system called the Uni Wheel.

DETROIT—The nation’s first wireless-charging public roadway recently opened at the Michigan Central innovation district here.